DREYFUSS, TABASH JOIN CONVENTION
SPEAKER ROSTER FOR AACON XXXII!
* Noted author Robert Dreyfuss (DEVILS GAME, How the United States
Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam) and attorney/First Amendment
activist Eddie Tabash have joined the impressive speaker roster for the
32nd annual National Convention of American Atheists, April 14-16, 2006
in San Antonio, TX!
AACON XXXII
April 14-16, 2006
San Antonio, Texas
http://www.atheists.org/convention
• ROBERT DREYFUSS is a leading investigative journalist and author
specializing in issues of politics, the intelligence community and
national security. His writings have appeared in Mother Jones, The
Nation, American Prospect, New Republic, Newsday, Public Citizen, New
Republic and other publications. Dreyfuss’ ground-breaking reports
about the war in Iraq and post 9/11 U.S. foreign policy drew media
acclaim.
Mr. Dreyfuss has also profiled the political scene, with articles about
Howard Dean, Trent Lott, disgraced House Majority Whip Tom DeLay and
George Bush.
“He’s a virtuoso,” said American Prospect co-editor Robert Kuttner
referring to Dreyfuss. “He’s got the classic great reporter’s ability
to persuade sources to confide in him and he's got the gift of a great
storyteller.”
A graduate of Columbia University, Mr. Dreyfuss is a member of the
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), and the prestigious
Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE).
His latest work is the highly acclaimed book DEVILS GAME, How the
United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam. In this
extraordinary work, Dreyfuss delves into the complex history of Islam,
and exposes the failure particularly of the Bush administration to
apprehend the dynamics of fundamentalist Muslim religious ideology. He
demonstrates the disastrous (and little publicized) history of how
Western powers, including the British and Americans, sought to achieve
elusive foreign policy goals by subsidizing fundamentalist extremism.
The catastrophic results became clear on 9/11.
Topic: Islam and Politics: Playing with Fire in the Muslim World
There will be book signing for Robert Dreyfuss following his talk at
the American Atheists Convention. More information can be found at
robertdreyfuss.com.
• EDDIE TABASH is a constitutional lawyer in Beverly Hills,
California. He graduated magna ***** laude from UCLA in 1973 and obtained
his law degree from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles in 1976. He is a
life member of American Atheists. He serves on the Board of Directors
of the Council for Secular Humanism. From 1995--2002, he chaired the
national legal committee of Americans United for Separation of Church
and State. He has represented the Atheistic viewpoint in formal debates
against some of the world’s foremost Christian philosophers, including
Peter Van Inwaagen, William Lane Craig, and Richard Swinburne. His
topics for public speeches and debates include the separation of church
and state and the question of the existence of God.
Tabash is a member of the California State Bar, the American Bar
Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the Beverly
Hills Bar Association. He has successfully argued cases before the
California Supreme Court. He serves as a part time judge on the Los
Angeles County Superior Court.
Eddie Tabash is also one of the founders of the effort to organize
Atheists in the quest to elect people who don’t believe in God to
significant public office. In 2000, he was the only known Atheist to be
a major contender for a seat in a state legislature, coming in second
out of four in a Democratic Primary for the California State Assembly.
He serves on the state central committee and platform committee of the
California Democratic Party.
Topic: The True Meaning of “Separation of Church and State”
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Leadership Training workshops, social events and The Sunday Morning
Forum debate! Learn more, and register on line using our secure
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(AMERICAN ATHEISTS is a nationwide movement that defends civil rights
for Atheists; works for the total separation of church and state; and
addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.)
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